Srinagar: The Indian Air Force Sunday airlifted seven critically ill patients from the snow-bound border town of Tangdhar in Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.

The three children, three women and a man from Tangdhar in Kupwara district were brought to Srinagar, the spokesman told IANS.He said a telephone request was received by the army from the Kupwara district magistrate regarding airlifting of the seven patients.